千里の道も一歩より始まる

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term
せん
Grade: 1

Grade: 2
みち
Grade: 2
いち > いっ
Grade: 1
ほ > ぽ
Grade: 2
はじ
Grade: 3
on'yomi kun'yomi goon kan'on kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
千里の道も一步より始まる (kyūjitai)

Etymology

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Partial calque of Literary Chinese 千里之行,始於足下 (qiānlǐ zhī xíng, shǐyú zú xià, literally a road of a thousand li begins with a step).

The back-formation of this form in pseudo-kanbun would be 千里之道,自一步始.

Proverb

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(せん)()(みち)(いっ)()より(はじ)まる (senri no michi mo ippo yori hajimaru

  1. a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step

Synonyms

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